HDIV vs. ATR, ESCT, JII, JPGI, AIE, OTV2, GHE, FSFL, UEM, and BHGG
Should you be buying Henderson Diversified Income stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Henderson Diversified Income include Schroder Asian Total Return Inv. (ATR), The European Smaller Companies Trust (ESCT), JPMorgan Indian (JII), Jpmorgan Global Growth & Income (JPGI), Ashoka India Equity Investment (AIE), Octopus Titan VCT (OTV2), Gresham House (GHE), Foresight Solar (FSFL), Utilico Emerging Markets Trust (UEM), and BH Global (BHGG). These companies are all part of the "asset management" industry.
Henderson Diversified Income vs. Its Competitors
Schroder Asian Total Return Inv. (LON:ATR) and Henderson Diversified Income (LON:HDIV) are both small-cap financial services companies, but which is the superior investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their profitability, risk, institutional ownership, earnings, dividends, analyst recommendations, valuation and media sentiment.
Schroder Asian Total Return Inv. has a net margin of 88.95% compared to Henderson Diversified Income's net margin of 0.00%. Schroder Asian Total Return Inv.'s return on equity of 14.92% beat Henderson Diversified Income's return on equity.
15.5% of Schroder Asian Total Return Inv. shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 6.4% of Henderson Diversified Income shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.5% of Schroder Asian Total Return Inv. shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 0.2% of Henderson Diversified Income shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Schroder Asian Total Return Inv. has higher revenue and earnings than Henderson Diversified Income. Henderson Diversified Income is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Schroder Asian Total Return Inv., indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
In the previous week, Schroder Asian Total Return Inv. had 3 more articles in the media than Henderson Diversified Income. MarketBeat recorded 3 mentions for Schroder Asian Total Return Inv. and 0 mentions for Henderson Diversified Income. Schroder Asian Total Return Inv.'s average media sentiment score of 0.50 beat Henderson Diversified Income's score of 0.00 indicating that Schroder Asian Total Return Inv. is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Schroder Asian Total Return Inv. has a beta of 0.54, meaning that its stock price is 46% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Henderson Diversified Income has a beta of 0.61, meaning that its stock price is 39% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Schroder Asian Total Return Inv. pays an annual dividend of GBX 0.12 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.0%. Henderson Diversified Income pays an annual dividend of GBX 0.04 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.2%. Schroder Asian Total Return Inv. pays out 19.7% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Henderson Diversified Income pays out -125.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Both companies have healthy payout ratios and should be able to cover their dividend payments with earnings for the next several years. Henderson Diversified Income is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.
Summary
Schroder Asian Total Return Inv. beats Henderson Diversified Income on 12 of the 15 factors compared between the two stocks.
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Media Sentiment Over Time
This chart shows the average media sentiment of LON and its competitors over the past 90 days as caculated by MarketBeat. The averaged score is equivalent to the following: Very Negative Sentiment <= -1.5, Negative Sentiment > -1.5 and <= -0.5, Neutral Sentiment > -0.5 and < 0.5, Positive Sentiment >= 0.5 and < 1.5, and Very Positive Sentiment >= 1.5.
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This page (LON:HDIV) was last updated on 9/16/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
